Chicago panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 04:53 Vaishakha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 20:03- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:30 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:30 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:25
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
20:03 to 05:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:03 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 15:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:45
- Karana Naga until 15:01, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 01:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:30 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:45 – 22:09
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:15 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 21:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 04:02 – 05:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:02 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Char | 12:47 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 20:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:03 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:46 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:29 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:17 Taurus
- 07:17 – 09:36 Gemini
- 09:36 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 05:29 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method